pintel hook

Seems they can be used on trailers up to 4500kg. Would think a PINTLE hook would rattle a bit whether on or OFF road.

The last OKAs built (to about 2010) all had pintle hooks fitted as standard.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Noisy as blazes when we used em on Military vehicles. The connection on the trailer is a large ring of steel and no buffering so exceedingly noisy.

John,

When I worked on a couple of stations in the Kimberley over 40 years ago, all the Landcruisers, and a couple of Jeeps, had pintle hooks. Can recall one of the Jeep trailers being there too.

Noisy alright, except on bitumen occasionally, on a trailing throttle. Silence meant you'd lost the trailer. :-) Probably wasn't all noise, more a constant jarring through the whole vehicle. Pretty strong too, I'd suggest, as they got some rough treatment and I never saw one break.

Bob

I have been using a Trigg Brothers from Adelaide coupling for years with a Toyota "Forestry" tow bar that came standard with a pintle hook. There has been no problems with noise. I have used it on dirt roads and I can't remember hearing anything. The O ring is much larger than the hook which makes connecting the trailer as easy as can be but there is very little clearance between the two when you close the top of the hook and lock it.

I don't know about them being stronger than any other type of coupling. All couplings come with ratings and they will not break if you don't exceed them. My hook has a 3500 kg rating and the O ring coupling 2000kg.

If you do use one then don't use a swivel O ring coupling without the anti binding plate between it and the draw bar. This restricts the amount it can swivel. The plate is a standard Trigg part that you can see on their web site. Without the plate the O ring can slide around into a vertical position if you get the car and trailer on a sharp angle. If it can not slide back freely it will snap off.

All the military vehicles that I drove did not have swiveling O rings so this was not a problem. Trigg make a small non swiveling O ring with three mounting bolt holes.

G'day, this may help with the noise issue.............. DO-65 Hitch

The good news is that no one will borrow your trailer.

The bad news is every time you stop or start when towing, the clunk from the trailer will drive you nuts, and you'll wish you did lend it to someone who never gave it back. LOL.